Highland Beach

Highland Beach is an E-facing beach break in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It picks up swell from N to NE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 84% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Providence Channel lets in swell from 102.8° (ESE) and nothing either side. Hurricane Isabel, September 2003: swell ran through the Providence Channel onto a 10-mile stretch of coast and peaked at 14 ft at Delray Beach. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

E (94°)

Best swell

N to NE (2°–37°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

N to NE (2° to 36.5°)

Rare slot

Providence Channel, 102.8° ESE

Offshore wind

W

Tide

NOAA station 8722784

Wave buoy

Hollywood Beach, FL (265) · 44 km away

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